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jcos
 Post subject: Race #74 flew today
PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:47 pm 
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Correction, it made its first flight roughly a month ago, can anyone verify this?
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MX304
 Post subject: Re: Race #74 flew today
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jcos wrote:
Correction, it made its first flight roughly a month ago, can anyone verify this?


It flew once. The engine made metal and is being re-built.
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RMAllnutt
 Post subject: Re: Race #74 flew today
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Sounds like they got the new engine installed in time for Reno... that's great news! I talked to Bob Odegaard a few weeks ago, and he was pretty confident this would happen. Any photos yet?

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Lynn Allen
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Hope so, it will look good on the ramp at Reno... :wink:
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This is absolutely fantastic!!! I have my finger crossed #74 will make it to Reno. I am very much looking forward to seeing it.

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Tim Adams
 Post subject: Re: Race #74 flew today
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mrhenniger wrote:
This is absolutely fantastic!!! I have my finger crossed #74 will make it to Reno. I am very much looking forward to seeing it.

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Next year maybe, they won't be there this year.

According to FB, they hope to have the motor back and be in the air before the snow flies. No Reno this year.

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Tim Adams
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Well we shall see. Seems that they now do have another motor hung, but have not flown it yet. Lots of thrashing going on in the last week before Reno.

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From this thread it sounds like they are thrashing to get to Reno. It may very well happen!

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?t=9107
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MX304
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Tim Adams wrote:
Well we shall see. Seems that they now do have another motor hung, but have not flown it yet. Lots of thrashing going on in the last week before Reno.


I hope they make it!
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